Wrapper.



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

FRANK E. HOUSI-I, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

`WvRAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,732, dated July 31, 1900.v

Application filed April 29, 1898. Serial No. 679,187. (No model.)

To of/ZZ whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, FRNK E. HOUSE, ofV

Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Wrappers for Printed Matter and the Like, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective View showing a v pamphlet wrappedin one of my improved this diliiculty.

I am aware that there have heretofore been wrappers provided with means either secured to or placed within the wrapper in such a fashion that the wrapper by the use of the addition or attachment might be torn open;

but many of these previous wrappers', have been practically useless owing to the cost of manufacture and others owing to the practical difficulty in placing and using the device in mailing operations-upon a large scale.

One of the principal advantages of myimproved wrapper, apart from its absolute simplicity and effectiveness for the purpose for which it is devised, is the fact that it 'costs only a trilie to add the improvement, and in those cases Where the wrapper is to be printed it is fair to say that it costs nothing to add the improvement, for a simplecontrivance adds the fold to the wrapper as it passes through the printing-press.

In the drawing s, A isthe wrapper, which` is rolled or otherwise placed `about the pamphlet or other article B to be mailed, one end being glued to the outer surface of the wrapper, making `the wrapper endless. In this specification that dimension of the wrapper which is at right angles with the sealing end or side A of the wrapper is considered the lengthwise dimension.

In the process of making the wrapper folds are made in the materialof the wrapper, crosswise of the wrapper, and the surfaces of the material between the folds being covered with paste or other adhesive material the adhesive surface is brought into contact with the wrapper and caused to adhere, thus forming a wingD across the width of the wrapper. (See Fig. l.) 'The adhesive material is allowed to dry, so that the wing D will retain its shape, and the wrapper so formed is rolled about the article to be wrapped with the wing upon the outside, the wing being placed near the sealing end of the wrapper, so that it will not be covered by the wrapper when ready for the mail, but will project from the outer surface of the wrapper. When it is desired to open the "package, the end of the wing is pulled (see Fig. l) and the wing torn away from the wrapper, thus dividing the wrapper across its width and opening the package without possibility of harm to the contents.

I am aware that it has heretofore been proposedto open a package formed into a cylinder for mailing by tearing the wrapper longitudinally by means of parallel lines of perforations in the wrapper, thus forming the' wrapper into two tubes instead of one and facilitating removal. Such a wrapper is shown in patent to Macgowan, No. 376,249, dated January 10, 1888, and I disclaim all shown therein. I am also aware that it has been proposed to open a package by cutting the wrapper crosswise of its length by means of a wire secured within the wrapper with a projecting Mend, as shown in patent to Munn, No. 562,339,

dated .I une 16, 1896, and I disclaim all shown therein. I am also aware of patent. to Whitney, No. 271,006, dated January 23, 1883, and disclaim all shown therein.

What I do claim is- A mailing-Wrapper bent crosswise of its length and the opposed surfaces secured together by cement or the like to form a wing D adapted to project from the outer surface of the wrapper-when in use,`substantially as described.

FRANK E. HOUSH. Witnesses:

O. R. MITCHELL, CHARLES F. RICHARDSON. 

